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BOOK I, LECTURE 12.
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will be, they (as it were) have Peace as their foundation, even as all things have the earth for their foundation. (36)
And if any accidents whatever befall him who has gained that (foundation), he will not be overpowered by them as a mountain by the storm1. (37)
A restrained, very learned, and wise (monk) should accept such alms as are freely given him, being free from passions and waiting for his end. This is the doctrine of the Kêvalin. (38)
Thus I say.
TWELFTH LECTURE,
CALLED
THE CREED 2.
There are four (heretical) creeds which the disputants severally uphold: 1. the Kriyâvâda, 2. the Akriyâvâda, 3. the Vinayavâda, and 4. the Agñânavâda. (1)
The agnostics, though they (pretend to) be
1 Silânka says that by exercise the power of resistance will be increased, and in confirmation of this he relates the well-known story of the herdsman who daily carried a calf from its birth till it was two years old. 2 Samôsarana
samavasarana. This word and the verb samôsarai are commonly used when Mahâvîra preaches to a meeting (mêlâpaka) gathered round him.
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3 Compare Uttarâdhyayana XVII, 23, above p. 83, note 2.
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Annâniya agñânikâs, the followers of the fourth sect.
